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Show 11 Tho Mayor, howover, is clearly en- 1,1 titled under tho law to tho right to-grin j , and bear It 'i An excellent football coach having1 3 been seaurod, many feel that tho fu- 3 ' turo of the Stato University 1b assured ' Tho Russians at Port Arthur appear 'to havo concluded that it -was about j time for them to take a hand in the t war. 1 It must bo very annoying to the De- ! mocracy to-And that tho Republicans 1 j in the Council this time aro Republl- 1 cans, i It j Grover Cleveland finds in- tho writings 'i i bf tho only living ex-President a fine j lot of principles for the Democracy to I' stand on. This weather is certainly springlike, but few people are likely to be misled by it into tho notion that it is time to , clean up their premises. Tho Council minority can get assurance assu-rance that it Is exactly right by goings around and asking any Democrat who ;! wants to get Into office. II How can Councilman Fernstrom favor tho Mayor's side when' ho has handed down so many opinions holding that a Mayor has no rights? ' "When one remember that tho Rueslan fleet at Port Arthur has been' destroyed several times, it must be admitted that its knocking out of Jap ships is really something wonderful. I The Russian Government is perfectly willing to do everything possible to facilitate fa-cilitate the, transmission of war news, requiring only in return that it be the kind of war news It likes. Ladies who get angry when told not to obstruct walks should remember that the only people who have a right to stand around on corners are those who can chew tobacco and swear. I Just when tho girls supposed they would be prote, ted by policemen against offensive men on Main street, the officers offi-cers themselves are becoming awfully xude, telling the ladies to move on. The substantial premium of 514,025 which tho successful bidders, E. H. Rollins & Sons, give for the 55-13,000 refunding re-funding bonds of this city, "speaks loudly for the good credit this municipality munici-pality enjoys. It is not considered a good timo lo market bonds, but certainly cer-tainly this transaction is no proof of that fact, for the premium is a good one. Tho bonds bear four and a half per cent interest, and aro really a gilt-edged gilt-edged investment. If it is true, as reported In tho dls-patches dls-patches yesterday, that tho Japanese have suffered, serious losa In an attack on Port Arthur, it only emphasizes what has been considered' fully proved before, that it is useless for a fleet to attack land fortifications. This was so thoroughly proved in our war with Spain, notably in tho utter failure of our wholo naval contingent at Santiago to make any im-pression im-pression on tho Morro castle at the en-trance en-trance to Santiago Bay, that it Is a cause for wonder to see the persistence of the Japaneso attack upon the fortlfl-cations fortlfl-cations at Port Arthur. Tho depth of eea at Santiago made whatever movo-ments movo-ments our ships saw fit to make there, entirely practicable, too, whereas tho Japanese fleet at Port Arthur is liable to run aground at any time, as the HL whole region is shallow water. It is, of course, well for tho City Council to insist on thorough fire pro-tectlon pro-tectlon for tho publlo In our places of amusement, and to pass ordinances that will requiro the most modern safety appliances. But wo do not be-lieve be-lieve that it Is fair for the committeo tp class the Salt Iako Theater as "a veritable fire trap." as the talk In tho Council on Tuesday night Indicated Borne of the members' opinions to be. The truth is that Mr. Pyper, the mana-grer mana-grer of this Theater, Ib and has been taking extraordinary precautions in the direction of tho public safety; he has mode the stage practically flre-proof; flre-proof; he has designated by prominent signs the exits, and there are plenty of them; he has ordered an absolutely fire-proof asbei?tos drop-curtain, and In every way has shown a disposition to conform to every reasonable requirement. require-ment. Under the circumstances, It seems an unwarrantable cruelty to attack at-tack hl9 theater by nnmo In this manner, man-ner, which is as unjust an It is undeserved. unde-served. Pass any fair ordinance you like, gentlemen, but don't be unfair in 5-our preliminary criticisms. |